BEACH WATCH
Clean offshore conditions for the morning before a vigorous southerly change comes through with some rain. There will be a small low pressure system forming just off the coast then moving slowly to the south. Wind North to N/W swinging S/W to South. Swell East to S/E at 1 to 1.5m. Early low tide to suit the shorebreaks off Divider Rock at Newcastle Beach and Pogos. Bank off The Cliff and Merewether on mid tide. Burwood, Redhead and Frenchmans to the south. One Mile and Buribi up at Port Stephens. Slight sweeps running to the south and swim in flagged areas.Water temp 22C. - Dave Anderson
HUNTER BOATING
Winds North to northeasterly 20 to 25 knots tending northwest to northeasterly 20 to 30 knots before dawn then shifting southerly 20 to 25 knots in the late morning or early afternoon. Seas 1.5 to 2.5 metres. 1st Swell Easterly below 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning. 2nd Swell Southerly around 1 metre. Weather Cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
NEWCASTLE SHIPPING
ARRIVALS
Yesterday: Pan Champion, 6pm; Greenwich Pioneer, 8pm; Miho, 9pm; Santa Barbara, 11.15pm. Today: Xia Men Ze Ping, 4.30am; Constantia, 6.30am; Taho Asia, 7am; Jin Hang, 12.30pm; Orange Truth, 5.45pm; Maizuru Kichijo, 6.45pm.
DEPARTURES
Yesterday: Soyo, 2.55am; La Briantais, 7pm; Nanakura, 10pm; Maran Splendour, 11pm; Hyundai Samcheonpo, 11.30pm.
Today: Spirit of Ho-ping, 12.30am; Owusa Maru, 8.49am; HL Harmony, 11am; Ocean Makmur, 2.30pm; Santa Barbara, 3.30pm; Bella Ann, 4.30pm; Miho, 7.45pm; Taho Asia, 10.30pm; FPMC B Harmony, 11.48pm.
AIR QUALITY
Newcastle Good Wallsend Good Beresfield Good Morisset Good Singleton Good Muswellbrook Good
